This Famed Preacher’s Belongings Will Be Auctioned off Today

If you’ve traveled the streets of Milwaukee between the 1980s and the late 2010s, you were sure to encounter a character named Brother Ron, who drove a station wagon some referred to as the “Holy Roller” or the “Jesus-mobile.” But Brother Ron did not have a message of neighborly love, choosing instead to loudly warn of hellfire and damnation.

Loudspeakers mounted to the roof of his car broadcasted a tinny, muddled recording of a sermon, and every inch of his car was scrawled with chicken scratch lettering spelling out Bible verses and a long list of those bound for hell.

Now you have a chance to own a Brother Ron rant of your own, because Cream City Clean Out, the business cleaning out his house, will auction off the artifacts they’ve found inside. The auction opens at 6 p.m. today and lasts 24 hours, being held on the company’s Facebook page. Bids are made in increments of $10. Shipping, paid by the buyer, is possible for the lower 48 states…

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